Week Two

It's the middle of week two and I am sore. Before I get into my workout regime for this week, let's wrap up the weekend.

We spent most of the long weekend working on stripping the paint and sanding down the wood molding around the bay window by Sunday. By Monday evening, we had two coats of paint laid on and we were done!!! My back was so sore by the time of the second coat that I had to sit it out. Luckily my stepson Sam and his girlfriend Meredith helped out Shanae (aka, The Boss), and Jenn, my daughter, and they made quick work of it.

I was feeling much better by my mid-morning workout on Tuesday. After stretching and warming up with some walking on the treadmill, I even dared a little bit and slowly jogged about two whole minutes! It felt good to actually run but I kept a close mental status report on my legs and lower joints for any pain or undue tightness.

I think I mentioned before that it was mainly due to constant injuries and pain that gradually reduced my cardio workouts, a few years ago. Like an old person, I feel compelled to list all my old ailments: plantar fasciitis, tendinitis of the knees and feet, shin splints, and Metatarsalgia. Luckily that was not all at the same time!

To compensate for the above injuries, I started concentrating on weight training, which only led to tendinitis in my elbows. Sigh, sometimes I just can't win.

After warming up, I grabbed by weight lifting gloves (I'm trying to keep from getting calluses and they look so damn cool, too!!) and my lifting card, which lists what machines, which order, what the adjustments should be, and the weight to be used, and started lifting. Everything I've read and been told by professionals say that if you lift weights and don't overly rest in between sets, this counts as extra cardio. I believe it because I pushed it fairly hard (going for about 80% of all-out effort) and was red-faced and out of breath by the end.